The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
Signers of Petition: David Mayers, Henry Ament Jr., [signature in German], Thomas Gillespie, George Kessler, Francis [Litle], Philip Weitzel, Thomas Eagar, Jacob Hoover, William Glass, George Diffenbach Jr., Andrew Charles.
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Signers of Petition: Peter [Zeyenheim], John Markley, Nathaniel Bender, [signature in German], [Archid] McCallister, William T. Warren, John Conelly, John Tilicke, Jacob Bear, John Gyger, James Adams, Benjamin Eshleman, George [Kow], J. Gander, William Hagee, Moses Hemor, Christian Leaman, John Barr, Abraham Smith, Francis [I.] Burrowes, John Howry, William Russel, Joseph C. Sample, Georg Millar, Francis Brubaker, Samuel Miller, William Giles, Daniel Holl, [J. Meheny].
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Ferguson, George Pickel, John Baughman, James Campbell, James Rea, John Withers, Adam Draucker, Henry Cunkel, David Elder, [signature in German], Daniel Eckman, John Groff, George Bailey, John Beslet, George Baughman, David Blackburn, John Pickel, [Jon] Samson, Henry Hearns,
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Signers of Petition: Abraham Huber, Daniel Snavely, John Hess, Henry Huber, Abraham Shaub, Abraham Gochnauer, Jacob Breneman, Benjamin Barr, Christian Shenk, Samuel Charles.
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Signers of Petition: David Hartman, Samuel Herr, David Witmer Jr., Henry Miller, Samuel Witmer, Christian Stoner, William Ferree, George Rathfon, Jacob Smith, Paul Trout, Jacob Gruner, Francis McGuigan, John Leaman, Richard Ferree.
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